Consultant Psychiatrist - Maryon Ward

This is a full-time substantive Consultant post on Maryon Ward, located in the Oxleas House Mental Health unit in Woolwich. The appointment will be to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of the previous Full time Substantive Consultant Psychiatrist in the team.

A comprehensive description of the Adult Acute Inpatient Services, is available in the Trust' Standard Operating Procedure Adult & Older People Acute Mental Health Inpatient Wards.

The aim of the Adult Inpatient Service is to ensure that individuals presenting with acute mental illness (who cannot be managed anywhere except in a 24-hour hospital setting) are safe and receive the assessment and treatment they need. To assist recovery by:o Ensuring as far as possible that service users are educated about the nature of their illness (especially if hospitalised for the first time)o Ensuring that the service user has an agreed crisis plan that gives clear arrangements for any future crisis.o Ensuring that the service user is re-integrated into the community at the earliest possible opportunity (through leave,involvement of Home Treatment Team etc) and are offered choice via personalisation mechanisms such as direct payments, assistive technology.Users are given information as to advocacy services and how to access them.